Fluid governor



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FLUID GOVERNOR 7 Filed Aug. 2, 1949 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN V ENT'o;

' JOHN D. SUMMERS Sept-'18, 1951 J. D. SUMMERS 2,568,307

FLUID GOVERNOR Filed Aug. 2, 1949 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VENTOR JW/N D. SUMI') ERS Sept. 18, 1951 J. D.ISUMMERS FLUID GOVERNOR 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Aug. 2. I949 INVENTOR.

J HN D. SUMMERS By W W Patented Sept. 18, 1951 FLUID GOVERNOR John Daniel Summers, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Application August 2, 1949, Serial No. 108,152

In Australia August 17, 1948 This invention has been devised to provide a fluid governor characterised in that: (a) the force or velocity of a fluid created by a driving rotating body will, when a predetermined force or velocity is exceeded, act upon a driven rotatable bodydriven by said fluidand said driven rotatable body will actuate control means which in turn control the motive means of the driving rotating body to prevent the speed thereof exceeding a predetermined rate; (12) when the force or velocity of the fluid falls below a predetermined degree the said driven rotatable body will be actuated by other forces to actuate said control means whereby the said motive means is regulated to increasethe speed of the said driving rotating body.

In one embodiment of the invention a drive shaft, which may be a part of the driving body, or a shaft connected to said body has a fluid driving impeller thereon with a stationary casing surrounding said impeller and surrounding a driven impeller rotatably free on said drive shaft adapted to be driven by the fluid activated by said driving impeller. There is a fluid inlet to the casing in juxtaposition to the driving impeller inlet and an outlet from the casing in juxtaposition to the driven impeller outlet. The inlet and outlet are connected outside the casing and there is a control valve in the connecting part. The impellers are so constructed and arranged that fluid activated by the driving impeller acts upon the driven impeller and tends to rotate it.

The driven impeller has an arm thereon connected to an adjustable torque spring. The spring restricts the rotation of the driven impeller.

There is a quadrant gear on the driven impeller which is engaged by a pinion on a pinion shaft having a mechanical or electrical connection to motive means control means whereby the speed of the motive means actuating the shaft is controlled by the operation of the driven impeller. The control valve is used to control the flow of fluid and consequently the operation of the governor.

The aforesaid embodiment is illustrated in the. annexed drawings wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the governor; Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the two impellers; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central sectional elevation of the complete governor; Figs. 4 and 5 are sections on lines 44 and 55 respectively of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a sectional elevational of a modification and Fig. 7 is a section on line 1-1 of Fig. 6.

1 Claim. (Cl. 264-44) The shaft H! is connectedin any suitable manner to the rotating body,-.the speed of which is to be controlled by the fluid governor. In Fig. 1 a belt pulley H is shown as one example of a connecting means; This shaft Ill passes into a casing |2 through a combination gland'and bearing l3 in the casing cover, l4. In the casing there is an annular bearing journal H3 in whic the end of the shaft is supported. r

A driving impeller consisting of a hub l6, vanes I1 and circular back plate I8 is fixed to the shaft II] as by key l9. The front 20 of the impeller is open. I

A driven impeller consists of a hub 2|,- on which there are radial spokes 22 joined to an annular back plate 23. The radial spokes 22 have lateral vane extensions 24 joined by. keeper ring 25. The hub 2| of this driven impeller is rotatably mounted on the annular bearing journal IS.

The lateral vane extensions 24 of the driven impeller constitute a cylindrical vane case in which the driving impeller rotates. The circular back plate l3 of the driving impeller has a driving clearance from the driven impeller radial spokes 22 and the periphery of the drivin impeller vanes I! have a driving clearance from the driven impeller vane lateral extensions 24.

The driven impeller annular back plate 23 has a gear wheel section 26 thereon which is engaged by pinion 21 on pinion shaft 28 mounted in hearing 29 in the casing |2. The pinion shaft 28 projects through the casing l2 and has a crank arm 30 on the projecting end. This crank arm 3!! has a series of holes 3| therein to take anchor pin for control rod 32. The several holes provide for a leverage and movement adjustment.

The hub 2| of the driven impeller has a torque arm 33 thereon. This torque arm 33 has a hole 34 in the end thereof through which spring guide rod 35 projects, said spring guide rod being anchored in the casing l2. A helical torque spring 36 on said spring guide rod 35 is adapted to be compressed between the torque arm 33 and an adjusting nut 31 on said rod. Access to this adjusting nut 31 is gained through an opening in the casing |2 which is sealed by nut 38.

There is a fluid inlet 39 to the casing |2 in juxtaposition to the front 20 of the driving impeller and there is a fluid outlet 40 from the casing in juxtaposition to the cavity in the back plate l8 of the driven impeller. A pipe 4| connects the inlet 39 to the outlet 40 and there is control valve 42 in this pipe 4|.

The casing l2 and the pipe 4| are filled with The tendency of the driven impeller to rotate due to the flow of fiuid from the driving impeller is resisted by the torque arm 33 bearing against the torque spring 36. If the how increases 'beyond a. determined amount due to an increase in the speed of the driving impeller .the driven impeller rotates sufficiently against 'the resistance of the torque spring to cause the pinion shaft 28 to partially rotate and thus move the crank arm 3ll. Such movement is transmitted by the control rod 32-10 means controlling :the .actuation of motive means-which in turn actuate *the driving impeller shaft :and reduceithe rate of actuaition of the said motive means. "If :theflow V -decreases'beyond =a rdeterminedia-mount the driven impeller :is :part =ro'tated .in the reverse direcetion' bythe action :ofthe torque :spring :36 :thus =moving the control rod'fsfl iin'zthe opposite direction so that thesrate -ofzactuation of the motive means is increased.

in the modification illustrated :in Figs. '6 and "Tithe same :general arrangement of parts is employed with the exception thatmhe outlet 40a from the :casing :I 2 *islxinriuxtapnsition to the latferal vane extensions :24 .the driven impeller. :Gtherminonpractibal alterations to the structure'ofithedriven impeller-will heapparent. The

a 4 advantage of this modification is that the fluid is not required to flow inwardly against the centrifugal action of the driven impeller.

I claim:

A fluid governor consisting of a shaft connected to the motive means to be controlled, said shaft having a fluid driving impeller thereon with an inletlat the centrezand an outlet at the periphery; a driven impeller rotatably free on .said shaft having its actuating part projecting over the periphery of the driving impeller; a stationary casing surrounding said impellers; a fluid inlet to said casing in juxtaposition to the .driving impeller inlet and an outlet from the -motive means actuated JOHN DANIEL SUMIWERS.

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